Armstrong County, TX tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Armstrong County, seat of Claude: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
Verified Jul 27, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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How Armstrong County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Armstrong County Sheriff (Sheriff Melissa Anderson), with delinquent-tax suits and sale postings handled by the county's delinquent tax law firm, Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, LLP; bidder eligibility statements issued by the Armstrong County Tax Assessor-Collector
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- First Tuesday of the month, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., when a sale is scheduled. Armstrong County's delinquent tax firm states: "The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure require sales be held on the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m." No Armstrong County sale date is currently posted. Sales in this county are infrequent.
Registration and deposit
Per the county's delinquent tax firm: "The commissioners court for the county in which the sale is being held may require that, to be an eligible bidder, a person must be registered as a bidder" with the county tax assessor-collector before the sale begins. Bidders must obtain "a written statement from the county tax assessor-collector of no delinquent taxes due" (Tex. Tax Code § 34.015); without it the sale officer cannot execute a deed. "Sales are for cash and most counties will accept cash or cashier's checks." Contact the Armstrong County Tax Assessor-Collector at (806) 553-2860, option #3 to confirm current registration steps.
No county-specific tax sale page exists. The Armstrong County Tax Assessor-Collector page, the Sheriff page, and the Armstrong County Appraisal District site carry no tax sale, sheriff sale, struck-off, or delinquent tax sale content. Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, LLP is confirmed as the county's delinquent tax collection firm: a "Perdue Brandon Collection Report" appears in the May 2024 Commissioners Court documents on the county's own site. As of this research, Armstrong County appears on neither Perdue Brandon's upcoming Texas tax sales list (which shows Randall, Hall, Hockley, Lamb, Wheeler and about 25 other counties) nor Perdue Brandon's tax resale/struck-off list, and it is absent from MVBA's monthly Texas tax sale calendar. No online auction platform was found for this county, so treat the sale as an in-person courthouse sale unless the county confirms otherwise. Armstrong County is one of the smallest counties in Texas, and sales are rare and may go months or years without a posting. Notices of sale are posted through the Armstrong County & District Clerk, whose page hosts foreclosure and substitute trustee sale notices; note most of those postings are mortgage trustee sales rather than tax foreclosures, so verify the notice type before relying on it. Investors should call the Tax Assessor-Collector or Perdue Brandon's Amarillo office (6900 I-40 West, Suite 300, Amarillo, TX 79106; 806.359.3188 or 800.692.4053) to confirm whether any Armstrong County parcel is set for sale. Redemption follows the state rule: two years for homestead, agricultural-use property and mineral interests, 180 days on all other property, running from the date the sheriff's or constable's deed is filed with the county clerk.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
Texas has no over-the-counter certificate list. Parcels that draw no sufficient bid are struck off to the taxing unit that requested the order of sale, and that unit may resell them at any time by public or private sale. A public resale requested through the sheriff or constable may be sold for any amount. A private sale generally may not go below the lesser of the market value stated in the judgment or the total judgments against the property, unless every taxing unit entitled to proceeds consents. Ask the county or its delinquent-tax law firm for the current struck-off inventory.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Armstrong County Tax Assessor-Collector (Jamie Craig)
PO Box 835, Claude, TX 79019 (mailing); Armstrong County Courthouse, 101 Trice St, Claude, TX 79019 (physical)
Official websiteNotes for Armstrong County
- County seat is Claude. All county offices sit in the Armstrong County Courthouse at 101 Trice St (mailing PO Box 189), Claude, TX 79019.
- Armstrong County Sheriff: Melissa Anderson, (806) 553-6933, P.O. Box 531, Claude, TX 79019, Armstrong County Courthouse 2nd Floor. The Sheriff page lists no tax sale or auction information.
- Armstrong County & District Clerk: Tawnee Blodgett, (806) 553-2861, P.O. Box 309, Claude, TX 79019, 100 Trice Street. This page is where sale notices are posted, but the current postings are substitute trustee (mortgage) sales, not tax foreclosures.
- Armstrong County Appraisal District appraises property only and does not collect taxes or conduct sales. Tax collection is handled by the county Tax Assessor-Collector.
- Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins & Mott, LLP is the county's delinquent tax collection firm, evidenced by the Perdue Brandon Collection Report filed with Commissioners Court in May 2024. Perdue Brandon is headquartered in Amarillo, the nearest metro to Claude.
- Caution when researching: there is also an Armstrong County, Pennsylvania that runs online sheriff sales on Bid4Assets. That platform has no connection to Armstrong County, Texas.
Texas statewide rules
- Redemption
- The redemption clock runs from the date the purchaser's deed is filed for record, not from the sale date. Property that was the owner's residence homestead or was land designated for agricultural use when the suit or the warrant application was filed, and any mineral interest, may be redeemed on or before the second anniversary of that filing. Every other property may be redeemed only through the 180th day after the deed is filed. When a parcel is struck off to a taxing unit instead, the period runs from the date the taxing unit's deed is filed for record. The former owner has no right to use, possess, or collect rent from the property while the redemption right runs, and the right of redemption cannot be sold or transferred: any instrument purporting to transfer it is void.
- Deed deposit
- The Tax Code sets no statewide deposit and no buyer premium. Section 34.01 directs the officer to conduct the sale the way similar property is sold under execution, so payment terms are set locally by the officer who runs the sale. Most Texas counties collect the full bid in cash or by cashier's check on the day of the sale. Confirm the terms with the county before you bid.
- Homestead deeds
- Texas sets no separate opening bid for a homestead. What changes on a homestead parcel is the exit: a residence homestead, land designated for agricultural use when the suit or warrant application was filed, and a mineral interest all carry a two-year redemption right instead of 180 days, and the premium the owner pays can reach 50 percent in the second year. Price a homestead parcel for that longer clock.
- Surplus proceeds
- The officer pays any excess proceeds to the clerk of the court that issued the order of sale. The clerk holds the excess for two years after the sale and notifies the former owner when the amount exceeds $25. A claim must be filed before the second anniversary of the sale. The court pays established claims in statutory priority: a purchaser at a sale later adjudged void, taxing units for post-judgment or omitted taxes, other lienholders, taxing units for unsatisfied judgment amounts, and then the former owner. Anything unclaimed is distributed to the taxing units.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Armstrong County, Texas sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Armstrong County follows Texas's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Armstrong County hold tax deed sales?
- annual. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
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